My Son the Fanatic - a movie review

14th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFE) was a great success this year. It offered a variety of movie genres that attracted people from different age groups. But mostly students were the ones who waited in long queues at Cankarjev dom ticket office. The movie that especially attracted them was Hanif Kureishi's masterpiece 'My Son the Fanatic', which portrays the life of a Pakistani family living in England. It is a story of cultures and generations, …showed first 75 words of 675 total…

…showed last 75 words of 675 total…he end is jazz, whisky and hope for a new life with his love Bettina. 'My Son the Fanatic' is a heartwarming, shocking, thrilling and in a way a quirky story that opens a question of generation and cultural gap. It makes the viewer think about differences, intolerance and religious violence. It is highly recommendable for lovers of European cinematography and for all those who are intrigued by the problem of Islamic (fanatical) fundamentalism.